Margaret Patricia Fama passed away peacefully in Redwood City, CA at age 101. Peg was born at home in San Francisco’s Noe Valley to Michael and Mary Conway on July 5, 1924. Peg was the 9th and last surviving of Michael and Mary’s 11 children. She attended the then all-girls St. Paul’s Catholic School in San Francisco graduating in 1942. During WWII, Peg worked at the US Army Induction Center in San Francisco.
In 1946, Peg met the love of her life, Dominic (“Mim”) Fama, at a St Patrick’s Day dance at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. They married in January 1947 and had been married for 68 years at the time of Mim’s death in 2015. Peg and Mim settled in San Francisco and started their family. They moved to the sunshine of Redwood City in 1957. Peg was a devoted parishioner of St. Pius Catholic Church, a member of St. Pius Women’s Club and a lifelong member of the Young Ladies Institute #124.
She is survived by her five children Larry Fama (Linda), Margaret Gustafson (Russell), Gene Fama, Laurie Powers (Terry) and Patti Fama (Joe Fava). She was a beloved Granny to her grandchildren Marcello Fama (Sarah), Dominic Fama (Maddie Rock), Rossanna Hennessey (Adam), Russell Gustafson III (Melissa), Katie Silver (John), Sharon Mitchell (Garrett), Gina Fama (Ben Cobb), Taryn Powers (Dan Marcus), Ryan Roller (Lauren), William Roller (Terah Lyons), Jamie Walsh (Tim) and Joe Fava, Jr. (Lauren) and to her great grandchildren Wyatt Rock Fama, Anna, Abigail, Alivia and Afton Hennessey, Bryndin and Jayce Silver, Hunter and Molly Mitchell, Rylen Cobb, Gus, Charlie and Lexi Gustafson, Kathryn and Brendan Walsh and Sophia Fava. She also leaves behind many Conway, Fama and Totaro nieces and nephews.
Remembrance and Funeral Mass is January 10, 2026, at 10:30 a.m., St. Pius Catholic Church, 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City, CA. Interment will be private.
Should you wish to, and in lieu of flowers, do a kindness to another or donate to a charity of your choice in Peg’s honor.
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